FERRARI 250 GTO...!!!

Cheesey: Not all of what you say is correct. I was involved with this car (4619) in the late 1970's, and missed buying it by only two hours (Joe Marchetti got there first). All during these years, the car and its whereabouts were well known to everybody in the American Ferrari community. The car appeared at numerous Ferrari Club meets in both the Southeastern and the Midwestern parts of the United States. Yet NOBODY ever raised any concerns about it being stolen. It was in plain sight to both any previous owners and law enforcement. It and it's owners were mentioned in numerous Club magazines, and again, nobody said anythi g. I have no comment on who is/was the legal owner in the past or today, but it was NOT hiding in that period.

Joe Marchetti received stolen goods, he had bogus documents.... it is impossible to pick up a car with documents that don't match...the car had the cover of bogus documents when it was shown it was not until about 2011 that the courts with the help of the FBI that the documents were reconciled.... DWR246 consider yourself lucky that you didn't buy stolen goods. 4619sa has a warrant to pick it up on sight...it is in the NCIC ( crime computer ) as stolen... there are a few people that will be doing some time in the "big house" in the near future, it's not nice to lie to the authorities.

You are not properly comprehending what has been written and taking simplistic view

4619 is reasonably well known, yet it was overlooked as being a stolen car by many in the industry... there have not been any reports of seeing the car since it was secreted from Blackhawk... little interest in reporting stolen cars... at one point there was a $1,000,000 reward for locating the car

it didn't spend much time at Fong's... refer to postings of documents and posts by Ed Niles here for a time line

read the posted documents here, and interview on Jalopnik, the theft was immediately report to authorities when it was stolen... it has been actively sought since theft

there are posts here that refer to its time and claimed owner in Europe and potential owner in Korea which should kind of qualify the car as a world traveler

the car had forged documentation... it is hard for the FBI or anyone to claim ownership / pick up a car with documents that don't match the car... its not easy get a court to reconcile the forgery

the theft took place before the internet, there was not a speedy way to widely communicate the theft....

the courts have reconciled the forgery, unfortunately a search warrant cant be used as a hunting license

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I will reply on the #4619SA thread but let me say DWR46s reply below kind of nailed it.